When Old and New Trauma are Shaken AND Stirred
Since making my first entry in September of 2016, my five-year journal has paid dividends, both each evening as it cues me to ask myself, “What do I most … Read More
Unlearning My Way Forward
August 17, 2020
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Sarah B
A handful of years ago, I asked my mom to recount for me a bit of family lore. It was the kind of story that infuses most families, so … Read More
Seven Years and I’m More a Fool than Ever
August 10, 2020
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Sarah B
…only the fool thinks he is wise; the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Perhaps to be educated is to be a fool. The wise man knows … Read More
My Formula for Joy
August 3, 2020
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Sarah B
I share Shinzen Young’s equation for suffering – Pain x Resistance = Suffering – several times each week. That’s how powerful I find it: its presupposition of pain; its … Read More
History will Squeeze the Complexity from This Moment, Too
July 27, 2020
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Sarah B
I’m from Greensboro, North Carolina, originally. This past February 1 marked the 60th anniversary of when four young NC A&T students – David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr. … Read More
Aestivating Extraterrestrials and Self-Limiting Thoughts
July 20, 2020
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Sarah B
I read a theory the other day that one answer to the Fermi Paradox – If the math suggests so convincingly that there are other sentient being out there in … Read More
Living The Resistance as The Embracing
July 13, 2020
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Sarah B
In a notebook of ideas that stays open on my desk, I wrote sometime in the last few weeks, “What if the movement changed its language from “resistance” to “expansiveness” … Read More
Wooly Eyes and Bright Illumination
July 6, 2020
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Sarah B
From the start of the pandemic (or really, our attention to it here in the States), I’ve been fascinated by how it’s worked as a sort of highlighter or illuminator. … Read More
The (Optional) Snap of the Band
June 22, 2020
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Sarah B
You might imagine a rubber band. You might imagine a rubber band with two lines on opposite points of it circumference. You might imagine one line represents a feeling … Read More
The Problem with Helping
June 15, 2020
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Sarah B
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people … Read More